Happy Turkey Day...mmmm turkey

My parents and two of my siblings (Jacob & Sara) came down for Thanksgiving. I love to cook and love to eat turkey so I was excited to cook a large meal. We all hung out and watched movies, relaxed and I taught Sara how to make bows. The turkey came out beautifully and the dinner was a success. I was so proud I had to take a photo of it. Friday night we all went to Opportunity Village (a non-profit org. that has a Christmas mini carnival) to take in the lights and festivities. There is a mini train ride that we normally go on that was broken half the time. Unfortunately it took us over an hour to ride the 3 minute train. Oh well, we enjoyed the cool night and hot coco. The kids left happy and tired and that is all that matters. Of course I needed to be happy too so we stopped off at In-N-Out and I got myself a burger. Hey, if this is my weekend to eat crappy, I'm going to enjoy it!

Isn't that yummy looking!

Auntie Sara and Kiki having fun

Grandpa, Uncle Jacob and the girls hanging out

Kiki and Uncle Jacob in a snow man

We waited over an hour for this, you better enjoy it!

Hot coco...mmmm

Mommy, Daddy, and the girls in the Santa Hat.

Of all the things I could pass on to my children, why this?

Kali woke up the other morning after coughing all night with very short breaths. As soon as I got her from her bed it hit me, she has asthma. She has had a few breathing problems before but nothing too serious. Kali sounded really bad so I wanted to hurry and take care of this before she got any worse. After dropping Kiki off at school, Brian and I brought Kali in and my fear was confirmed, I gave Kali my asthma. It's not like I did it on purpose, but it still sucks because I know how she feels. Think of trying to take a deep breath but only through a straw, not fun. Anyway, we had to give her two breathing treatments in the doctor's office and each one took about 10 minutes. She screamed the entire time except for the first minute. Poor Kali. She is now used to it and it breathing much better. She actually likes to hold the mask herself, but only while watching Yo Gabba Gabba- I love that show!

Hi Mom, I'm on TV

I had an opportunity to attend a taping of the Ellen Show this past Friday with some friends. It was so awesome. It was held at the Caesars Palace Colosseum where there was over 4,000 people there. My friend, Breque, used her charm and personality to score us upgraded seats in the center, front row! I was so excited to be a few feet away from the stage where we rocked out to Pink and also got to see Bette Midler and a magician, Hans Klok- (I think that was his name). I also got to dance on stage preshow and got a shirt that says "I danced with Ellen." The cool thing is now I can say I danced on the same stage as Celine Dion, Cher, Elton John, and Bette Midler in front of 4K people. I was only able to attend because Breque got the tickets, my friend Jenni watched the girls until Brian got home and then he fed them dinner and took care of them till I got home. I would like to thank you all for your help. It was a once in a lifetime experience and I had a blast! As soon as I get photos from Breque, I will post them. The show airs Monday the 24th, (tomorrow) so set your TiVo or DVR and check it out and try to spot me in the audience. I'm in a black shirt and jeans. So I just watched the show and we were shown on there at least eight times. Hollywood, here I come...haha

Why? Why? Why?

I have finally reached the "Why" stage with Kiki. I thought I would have at least another six months before I have to answer her questions with more than just a one or two word answer.
"Don't jump off the couch."
"Why?"
"Because you will hurt yourself."
"Why?"
"Because you will hit your head and the impact will knock you out."
"Why?"
"Because the there is this little thing called gravity that pulls you to the ground when you jump off things."
"Why?"
"Go ask your father."
"Why?"
"Because I said so."

I love it!

It's the most wonderful time of the year

This Halloween season, if you can call it that, was great. The girls got to wear their costumes at least four times this past month with Halloween parties, school parties, Trunk or Treats and of course, Halloween night. Brian and I also got to dress up our fair share of times. Who knew that when we were getting ready for school in 1985, we would be wearing our wardrobe for Halloween costumes over 20 years later. I actually remember doing my bangs and got just a little excited to rat up my hair again. The girls got enough candy to last until next Halloween and had so much fun eating their hearts desire with chocolate and suckers. I scarfed down my fair share of peanut butter cups and then gave up chocolate for three weeks. I know, I'm crazy. All in all, we had a lot of fun and we even won 1st place in our neighborhood's decorating contest. All the credit goes to Brian, good job babe! Only a few more weeks until the Christmas decorating begins. Go Clark Griswold!

MMMMM, Candy

I think I got a little chocolate on myself

I'm three